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CONTACT
(General Information)
Graduate Studies Office
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA 24020
(540) 362-6575
Fax (540) 362-6288
hugrad@hollins.edu

Program Director
Klaus Phillips
(540) 362-6308
kphillips@hollins.edu

Screenwriting & Film Studies
Courses & Special Events

COURSE OFFERINGS 2008

  • Narrative Theory and Practice for Screenwriters
    Sec. I: Bradley Wigor, screenwriter, Los Angeles
    Sec. II: Bradley Wigor
  • Creative Writing Seminar: Screenwriting
    Sec. I : Tim Albaugh, screenwriter, Los Angeles
    Sec. II: Mary Johnson, associate professor of film, University of Central Florida
  • Film Analysis and Research
    John Davidson, director of film studies, Ohio State University
  • Film Styles and Genres: The Cinema of Confinement
    Klaus Phillips, professor and director of program, Hollins University
  • Topics in Film History: Hollywood 1965-1975
    Stephen Prince, professor of communication studies, Virginia Tech
  • Special Topic: Screenwriting: Short Scripts
    Mary Johnson
  • Special Topic: Screenwriting: Screenplay Rewrites
    Tim Albaugh
  • Advanced Screenwriting Tutorial
    Christa Maerker, filmmaker/author, Berlin

Comprehensive list of course offerings »

Summer 2008 Events

Analytical Screening
Introduction and Q&A: Will Hicks
June 18, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Lecture
"
How to Get Into the Business"
Film and TV actor Toby Huss (the voice of Kahn on King of the Hill) and playwright and screenwriter Jeff Goode (creator of the Disney Channel's animated series American Dragon: Jake Long) will talk about how No Shame Theatre helped open professional doors for them.
June 20, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Analytical Screening
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
(USA, 2000, directed by Bradley Wigor; written by Joseph Maurer)
The teen novel by Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson becomes a sweet and inspirational film about the transformation of a small town one magical summer. Introduction and Q&A: Bradley Wigor
June 23, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Screening Room, Wyndham Robertson Library

Lecture
"Composing for Movies and Television"
David Bell (Los Angeles), a prolific composer of scores for various television and motion picture projects. Bell has created music for Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek, and The Sandy Bottom Orchestra.
June 25, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Workshop
"Bridge to Academia”
Mary Johnson (University of Central Florida)
June 27, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Analytical Screening
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (USA, 2008, written by Lovinder Gill, Hollins M.A. & M.F.A.; directed by David Rotan; starring Mickey Rooney)
Introduction and Q&A: Lovinder Gill.
July 9, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Analytical Screening
Introduction and Q&A: Stephen Prince
July 16, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Lecture
"From Anecdotes to Insight: Turning the Appeals of Moviemaking to the Study of Film History and Theory"
Gabriel Paletz, Professor of Screenwriting and Documentary, The Prague Film School
July 18, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Analytical Screening
Introduction and Q&A: Vernesha Cathey
July 23, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

6/18/08